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Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Man and woman looking at a box of money in relation to a WKOW-TV Muscular Dystrophy telethon to raise money for a cure of the disease.
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Opening Night at the Cinema Theater

Date: 12 21 1967
Description: Officials from Twentieth Century Theater posing together on the opening night of the Cinema Theater (formerly the Eastwood Theater) at 2029 Atwood Avenue. ...
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Henry Palan cutting the hair of Billy Mayer in the Park Hotel barbershop.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Some people still like to get a barber-shave, like this man who has a hot towel draped around his face.
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Two attendees listening to a presentation, Fred L. Todd in a pinstripe suit of Madison Vocational School (left), and Dr. A.O. Schmidt holding a drink from ...
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Local attendees (left to right) A.J. Mergem and Larry Ellis from Gisholt Machine Company; E.J. Skidmore from Ohio Chemical Company; Fred Kessenich, Madison...
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American Society of Tool Engineers Institute

Date: 11 19 1953
Description: Four men at coffee break at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left to right are: Jack Murray and A.G. Hoffner from Gisholt Machine Company; Lt. Richard Go...
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Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They...
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Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Diane Nelson, 20-year-old bookkeeper, is shown reviewing with her attorney, Maurice B. Pasch, the testimony she gave as the chief prosecution witness again...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal workers, John Hoyt (left) clerk in charge, and Sidney Schoyes, station examiner, are handling stamp requisitions for branch offices and drugstores a...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Monitoring the outgoing mail are (left to right): William C. Davis, assistant superintendent, George Gauke, superintendent, and William Vaeble. They are in...
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United Givers' Business and Industrial Employees Division

Date: 10 1953
Description: United Givers' Business and Industrial Employees Division meet with section chairmen. Standing left to right: Lynn Terry, Stanley O. Nettum, and Robert Hol...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod (right) chats with Madison architect William Kaeser (left) at the preview for the Madison Art Ass...
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Belmont Hotel Barber Shop

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Barber Roy Brumley giving Dan Seligman a haircut while his two pet parakeets are perched on each of his shoulders, at the Belmont Hotel barbershop. Seligma...
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
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Judging Madison Art Exhibit Entries

Date: 02 12 1954
Description: Rainey Bennett from Chicago examining an entry in the Madison Art Association art show. He is squatting down between framed canvases.
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Oscar Mayer Sales Room

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Description: Elevated view of men sitting at a row of cubicles. Some of the men are talking telephones, and other men are writing on legal pads. Oscar Mayer advertiseme...
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Carl and Hobart Johnson

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Description: Carl A. Johnson (left) and his younger brother, Hobart (right), as young men working at Gisholt Machine Company “after they boxed the first foreign shipmen...
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Madison Restaurant Association Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Enjoying cigars after their meal are E.L. Heiser (left) and Paul J. Goede, executive chef de cuisine at Farmers Mutual office building (right). The men wer...
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SHSW Administration Horseplay

Date: 1954
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff enjoying a fun moment and posing with a map of Wisconsin and a gnome statue. Left to right: John Jacques, Cliff...

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